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WAGON.

Patented May 29,1883.

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1 gin/M4 i OTTUU' UNITED STATES PATENT" (9FFIGEQ.

RICHARD DALTON, on WILMETTE, ILLINOIS.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,408, dated lvfay 29,. 1883,

' Application filed November 3, 1882. (NomodelJ end, and a smaller pivoted wheel or roller at the other end adapted to be .easily removed, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enableothers skilled in the art to which my invention appertains-to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention arranged for carrying hay. Fig. 2

- is a plan view of the same, partly broken away wheel or roller in elevation.

under sides, in which is journaled the axle of a broad wheel or roller, B. This wheel may be made in various waysfor the differentkinds of ground on which it is to be used.

Figs. 1 and 2 show a number of" ordinary wagon-wheels, b, having hubs, spokes, and

i'ellies, and connected at short. intervalsby planks b, which are secured with iron bands or tires, and form a wheel or roller extending across the machine from one side of-the frame to the other.

fi'r mly to the axle, and turns with it in. the bearings a.

The frame A is floored or boarded over, and this floor or bottom A passes over the top of the broad wheel, as seen inFigs. 1 and 3, sup-- This wheel or roller is secured ported by a. suitable frame-work. The forward end ofthis frame is furnished with an upright or post,0, at each corner, whichis suitably braccd and provided with a series of of different size, and the great height of the draft attachment aids greatly in keeping the animals from sinking too deeply into the ground. advantageous to form the main wheel as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, which represent the ends of the wheel boarded up, similar to the head of a barrel, and the connecting-boards b are placed close together, and secured, as before, by any desired number of bands or tires.

The rear end of the main frame A is sup ported by an inclined bar, D, having its lower end resting upon a small wheel, 1D, formed like the large wheel B, as seen in Figs. '1 and 2, or as seen in Fig. 3 upon a caster-wheel.

The frame or truck described is, in soft ground, prevented by the broad wheels or rollers. from sinking to any depth, as would be the hOlGSfO, in oneof which is secured a clampor 'clevis, G, to which the team is attached. These-holes give an easy adj ustment for teams In very soft ground it will be found case with ordinary vehicles, and the great height of the draft attachment aids materially "in holding the team up. The frame may be field to another the bar D, with its caster-wheel,

is easily removed and. the frame attached to the reach and front wheels of an ordinary wagon, and maythus be easily managed.

For drawing lumber or other long material I usually use two of the broad wheels or rollers'B B, and allow the load to rest between them, as seen by Fig. 6. Where two of these prefer to form them of two fellies or rims secured to the hub by spokes which extend from the felly or rim on one side of the wheel to the -wheels are used, as thus described, I usually hub at the-opposite side as seen by dotted lines in Fig. (5, and the spokes crossing each other midway between the hub and the rim tending acrossthe machine from side to side a shortdis'tan'ce above the ground, and suspended, by brace-rods e e, from the side bars of the main frame.

The machine is simple, extremely cheap, and of great utility, enabling the user to draw heavy loads upon ground so soft as 'to be inaccessible to ordinary wagons, and with but little strain upon'the team. The device in soft ground is easier and better drawn with the team attached to the end nearest to the large wheels, as 7 shown, but in hard soil is better managed when the draft is at the opposite end. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim .as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a wagon adapted for use in softground, the combination, with the mainframe A, hav ing its'floor arched over themain wheels, and provided with elevated draft attachments, of one or mora'rna'in rollers or wheels, 13, constructed substantially as herein described, and journaled in boxes upon the frame A, and a smaller removable pivoted wheel or roller, D, under the rear of the machine, substantially. as and for the purpose described.

2. A wagon adapted for use in soft ground, consisting, essentially, in the main frame A, having draft-posts 0, provided with holes a and clevises G, the wheel or ro1lerB,journaled o in boxes to on the main frame, the pivoted wheel or roller D, attached to the removable bar D, and the scrapers E, secured by braces e, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD DALTON.

Witnesses:

J. S'rE'VENS W. C. MGARTHUR. 

